Twine heddle



june SU, 1936.

l. ANDREWS 2,6455%4 TWINE HEDDLYE Filed Oct. 1, 1955 6 I] 9 i w 6 6 r WW I Z a fimcflrairazw Patented June 30, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TWINE HEDDLE Application October 1, 1935, Serial No. 43,120

2 Claims.

This invention relates to twine heddles, the primary object of the invention being to provide a loom harness constructed of a plurality of independent twine heddles, to the end that the heddles may be readily and easily removed or replaced, when it becomes necessary to increase or decrease the numbers of heddles and eyes per inch, to adapt the loom harness for use in weaving various grades of cloth, and eliminating the necessity of replacing the entire harness when a change in the quality of cloth is required.

An important object'of the invention is to provide twine heddle having eyes at its ends through which the metal supporting shafts of the usual 100m, are threaded, novel means being provided for forming the eyes, to securely fasten the twine of the heddle, together.

Another object of the invention is to construct the eyes at the ends of the heddles in such a manner that the eyes will not pull out under the weight of the harness shafts.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a loom harness constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof.

Figure 3 is a detail view of one end of a heddle.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3;

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 indicates a twine heddle the ends of the heddle being'secured together by means of the metal clips 6.

Spaced from the metal clips 6, are metal clips 6 which connect the twine of the heddle at points beyond the end clips providing eyes 9 through which the usual heddle supporting bars of a loom are threaded supporting the heddles in 40 the usual and well known manner.

These metal clips are formed by bending the ends of metal of which they are formed inwardly, the end 8 thereof overlapping the end I, an appreciable distance, as clearly shown by Figure 4 of the drawing, and providing a heddle supporting eye which is exceptionally strong and durable.

It will of course be understood that these clips are positioned by a mechanism shown in a copending application and applied during the con- 10 struction of the usual continuous twine loom harness, to the end that when the loom harness has been completed, the connected ends of the heddles are severed thereby providing independent heddles, which may be threaded on the usual heddle bars of a loom, and due to this construction the loom harness may be made up of any desired number of heddles, according to the quality of the cloth to be woven.

What I claim is:

l. A- twine harness for looms comprising a plurality of independent twine heddles, each of the twine heddles comprising a pair of twine members, metallic clips connecting the twine members at their ends, metal clips holding the twine members together at points spaced from the first mentioned clips, and providing eyes for the reception of the harness shafts.

2. A twine harness for looms comprising a plurality of independent twine heddles, each of the heddles comprising a pair of twine members, metal clips securing the ends of the twine members together, metal clips connecting the twine members at points in spaced relation with the first mentioned clips providing supporting shaft eyes, and said clips providing wear surfaces against which the supporting shafts of the heddle rub, in operation.

. ISAAC ANDREWS. 

